Those who support the law insist it will make Scotland more tolerant. Rebecca Crowther, chief executive of Equality Network in Scotland, told Sky News: "This legislation is not going to catch people online saying things that I might disagree with, that you might disagree with, things...
JK Rowling has spoken out against the new hate crime laws and was also avocal critic of Scotland's gender recognition bill, which aimed to make it easier for people to legally change their gender but wasblocked by Westminster. The Harry Potter author, who has lived in Scotland...
She ended her post with the hashtags, “#ArrestMe #AprilFools #HateCrimeActScotland.” Rowling’s comments came after the Scottish parliament warned that Scots “could be investigated” for wrongly labeling someone’s gender online under the new rules of The Hate Crime and Public Order Act. Th...
0:00:00 Subscribe to ad-free Prime Minister backs author JK Rowling over new Scottish hate crime law Tue 2 Apr 8.21am•Rishi Sunak has said people should not be criminalised for 'stating simple facts on biology'. Scotland's First Minister said he was 'proud' of the new law...
And it appears that this new draconian “hate crime” legislation, which they themselves no doubt drew up, is the public capitulation to their demands. Rather than demand that the Jews in Scotland change their behavior that is causing the antisemitism™, they will instead muzzle anyone...
Gay hate crime soars across Scotland; New statistics reveal shock rise in attacks spurred by prejudicePaul HutcheonScottish Political Editor
Scotland need a wholesale culture shift towards a society which values equality and where misogyny is no longer acceptable. For a number of years Engender has been calling for a standalone criminal offence based on misogyny; using the law as one piece of the puzzle to making women safer in ...
In the past months, everything kicked off. We’ve had walk outs in Westminster, an investigation into the Labour Party’s right-hand-woman, and a new controversial hate crime bill has been introduced to Scotland. The one thing that hasn’t changed is that our leaders are still letting u...
Here are a few bills signed into law I found interesting that you may not known were introduced and passed this year, including one requiring restroom access to public utility workers.
We hate Trump in Scotland. In the 600,000 signatures-strong petition to ban him from visiting the UK, Scots were in the highest percentage of signatories per 1,000 population. Last night I watched his speech accepting nomination for candidacy . The team that wrote it includes a Dr. Mesmer...